BBoy involvement?

[mrski]

 I floated this one out on the Shut Down board a while ago but received limited response, (courtesy of the ever dependable Mr. Stebbins.) Would be interested in what others think…

Refering to the V. Artists CD “Muscle Bustle” Ace Records CDCHD 533 :

A) The Four Speeds : Barefoot Adventure, RPM, My Sting Ray – (1962) (All G. Usher / M. Borchetta compositions.)

According to the liner notes as written by Rob Burt;

“ [The Four Speeds] first session produced [the 3 tracks mentioned above]. The BBoys drummer, Dennis Wilson, appeared on all 3 tracks while Brian Wilson offfered vocal support on ‘My Sting Ray".

Question 1 : Does Dennis only drum on these recordings? Anyone else think it sounds abit like him on lead vocal? (Later recorded Four Speeds tracks on this CD have a different vocalist...)

Question 2 : Has Brian’s participation on ‘My Sting Ray’ been confirmed or is this something just in the mind of Mr Burt?


B) The Sunsets : Chug A Lug – (1963) (B. Wilson / G. Usher)

To quote the song lyrics :

“The Ivy Walls were covered with foam on Graduation night... Chug chug chug a lug...”

So despite the composer credit, a completely different song to that from the BBoys ‘Surfin Safari’ Lp.

Question 1 : Is this really another Wilson/Usher composition or has there been some mix up during CD compilation due to the fact that two completely different songs, (roughly connected to the ‘surf genre’), have the same title...?

[Christian]

The Sunsets : Chug A Lug – (1963) (B. Wilson / G. Usher)

To quote the song lyrics :

“The Ivy Walls were covered with foam on Graduation night... Chug chug chug a lug...”

So despite the composer credit, a completely different song to that from the BBoys ‘Surfin Safari’ Lp.

Question 1 : Is this really another Wilson/Usher composition or has there been some mix up during CD compilation due to the fact that two completely different songs, (roughly connected to the ‘surf genre’), have the same title...?

The correct credits for The Sunsets´ "Chug A Lug" are : Gary Usher-Mike Borchetta.

[Christian]

The Four Speeds : Barefoot Adventure, RPM, My Sting Ray – (1962) (All G. Usher / M. Borchetta compositions.)

Question 1 : Does Dennis only drum on these recordings? Anyone else think it sounds abit like him on lead vocal? (Later recorded Four Speeds tracks on this CD have a different vocalist...)

"My Sting Ray"," R.P.M." & "Barefoot Adventure" are sung by Gary Usher, "Four On The Floor" & "Cheater Slicks" by Dick Burns. To my ears no Dennis vocals on the first three.

Question 2 : Has Brian’s participation on ‘My Sting Ray’ been confirmed or is this something just in the mind of Mr Burt?

from "Pipeline":

... Gary handled the lead vocals himself, although rumour has it that Brian Wilson also provided backing vocals, and whilst this has never been confirmed, both Usher and Burns did recall the elder Wilson brother visiting the early Four Speeds sessions ...